1970 POY

1970 ONPA  Annual Contest Winners

Photographer of the Year
Jim Gordon, Bowling Green State University

Category X
1st – n/a
2nd – n/a
3rd – Luke Black, Toledo Blade, “Sky Divers”

Fashion
1st – n/a
2nd – Otto Schmidt, Mansfield News Journal, “Not Now, Watching”
3rd – Steve Warren, Owens Corning Fiberglass, “The Dude”

Feature
1st – n/a
2nd –
3rd – Ott Gangl, Akron Beacon Journal, “Ballet”
HM – Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “Prenatal Caring”
HM – Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “The Lonely Ones”

General News
1st – Larry Nighswander, Cleveland Press, “Proud Voter”
2nd – Walt Kleine, Dayton Journal Herald, “The Devil is among us! Right now”
3rd – Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “Astroturf—Finishing Touches”
HM – Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “Two old Vet’rns”

Industrial
1st – Tom Hubbard, Cincinnati Enquirer, “I Beam”
2nd – Al Wilson, Dayton Journal Herald, “Progress”
3rd – Dick Swaim, Cincinnati Enquirer, “Observation”
HM – Terry Armor, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “What have we Done?”
HM – Larry Miller, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., “Boy’s Day Out”

Multiple Pictures Layout – Color
1st – James Gordon, Bowling Green State University, “Window Art”
2nd – n/a
3rd – n/a

Picture Story
1st – Ray Matjasic, Cleveland Plain Dealer, “Robber Chased, Cornered, and Dies”
2nd – Walt Kleine, Dayton Journal Herald, “Evangelist”
3rd – n/a
HM – Al Wilson, Dayton Journal Herald, “In one Foot of Water”

Picture Story – Color
1st – James Hatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer, “The Mad Hatter”
2nd – James Gordon, Bowling Green State University, “Carol”
3rd – n/a/

Portrait/Personality
1st – n/a/
2nd – Ott Gangl, Akron Beacon Journal, “Leader”
3rd – Ted Walls, Akron Beacon Journal, “Reluctant Grad”

Sports Action
1st – n/a/
2nd – Terry Wolf, Mansfield News Journal, “Sawdust”
3rd – n/a
HM – Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Enquirer, “Three-Meter Board”
HM – Ron Kuntz, United Press International, “Welcome Home”

Sports Feature
1st – n/a
2nd – Ran Cochran, Cincinnati Enquirer, “Sparky’s Penant”
2nd – Lew Stamp, Kettering-Oakwood Times, “Defeat at East”
3rd – n/a/

Sports – Color
John Kenney, Elyria Chronicle Telegram, “Hell Drivers”

Spot News (over 50,000)
1st – Ron Kuntz, United Press International, “Police Brutality?”
2nd – n/a
3rd – n/a
HM – Larry Nighswander, Cleveland Press, “Arrest”
HM – Paul Schell, Youngstown Vindicator, “The Hard, Hard Way”

Spot News (under 50,000)
1st – John Kenney, Elyria Chronicle Telegram, “Nurse Stops to a Life”
2nd – Terry Wolf, Mansfield News Journal, “Urban Renewal”